Denver police said most of those festival goers celebrated without any trouble but about 100 of them did not.

“We used discretion as we enforced it obviously with the size of the crowd and things that were going we used our discretion to say how we enforce this at that point in time,” said Denver Police spokesman Sonny Jackson.

Last year Denver Police issued only five citations that were for possession while this year the majority of citations was for public consumption which is still illegal.

This year since recreational marijuana is legal the event has changed and the way police chose to respond changed with it.

“This year was completely different than last year. Last year was a one day event, not as big, it wasn’t a festival type of event so you’re kind of talking apples to oranges,” said Jackson.

In addition to Denver Police keeping watch, event organizers had dozens of private security guards inside and at every entrance screening people for weapons before they entered.

At the end of the day police felt the event and their enforcement was a success.

“I think this was a good weekend for the city and county of Denver. No one was injured,” said Jackson.

Police say the citation for public consumption comes with a $150 fine and of those 90 people who were cited, only 20 were from out of state.